Joplin Mayor Melodee Colbert-Kean, City officials, and the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors invite the public on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, to join them in a ribbon cutting and open house for the two new fire stations in Joplin that had been destroyed in the 2011 tornado.

Six fire stations currently serve Joplin's 45-square mile area. The two new ones were relocated after an extensive review of the the city's needs, including the goal of meeting a four-minute response time.